Flying Bark Productions is a dynamic and innovative animation studio dedicated to pushing the boundaries of character animation and storytelling. We are working on exciting projects such as Avatar : The Last Airbender feature film, Netflix's Stranger Things animated series, as well as our production Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan.
The TA is responsible for providing technical support for the crew for the Project / s with a focus on departments that utilise farm resources under the guidance of the supervising technical crew and Production. They effectively support our farm processes infrastructure and ensure basic help desk and IT support is being provided to the artists, help package-up and ingest data to and from our client studio, and undertake some lighting and compositing tasks as needed. You may be asked to support other departments as well.
About the role :
* Daily technical support to the team regarding publishes and renders on the farm;
* Identify and diagnose failing publishes / renders and malfunctioning farm machines and notify the artists or pipeline team;
* Monitor the farm queue to maximise resource efficiency and handle job priorities;
* Monitor and report resource utilisation such as disk space, node usage, job saturation, etc;
* Reviewing and resolving bug reports with the help of other system engineers;
* Quality control for shots delivered from upstream departments for delivery to Lighting;
* Quality control of Renders;
* Respond to rendering-related support requests;
And all other duties and responsibilities as reasonably required by the Production Company.
About you :
* Take direction from a Supervisor as required as well as an ability to seek guidance if unsure;
* Ability to adapt to a high pressure, fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities;
* Working understanding of 3D packages like Katana, Maya and Nuke;
* Be flexible and responsive to changes;
* Complete tasks within production deadlines;
* Enthusiasm and willingness to learn;
* Ability to script using Python and / or Mel (a bonus);
* An understanding of Maya (software) in a production based environment;
* Ability to consistently meet deadlines;
* Excellent communication skills and willingness to share information in a team environment;
* Flexibility and ability to be responsive to change;
* Passion for animation and storytelling.
Flying Bark Productions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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